Object Record

Collection

Speer Collection

Catalog Number

1999.0001.2073

Object Name

Cup

Description

Cup, ceramic - Zacatecas, Mexico; fragmented; fire-altered; hand built; circular body with a slightly narrowed neck, flared rim, straight lip, and one small handle from just below rim to body; color underneath blackened areas is orange/red; age is unknown, prior to 1880s per collector's notes; large piece is missing from rim/neck; erosion on one side of body leaving a hole.